Iain Dale, much to my surprise, has posted The Strawb’s ‘Part Of The Union’ song on his website.
“When we meet in the local hall
I’ll be voting with them all
With a hell of a shout
It’s out brothers out
And the rise of the factory’s fall.”
Unfortunately, the Kelvin Mackenzie of the blogosphere has put a pathetic pro-English (but not anti-Scottish – according to him) cheap-shot video up with it.
No-one has disputed the facts in the video, he claims, but maybe he is wearing green-waxed barbour blinkers because I see many comments disputing the sentiment and facts of the shitty little piece of propaganda. It’s so poor, it makes 18 Doughty Street’s campaigning videos look semi-professional.
Now, without delving into the Barnett formula and debating what contribution Scotland’s natural resources, manpower, fighting men and women and inventions have helped to bale out Britain as a whole, the point Dale fails to make is that some part of London’s economic success is down to the city processing other countries wealth, including the other home countries and that of some English counties.
Still, the one thing Dale has made clear in his pro-English (not anti-Scottish) propaganda is that The Conservatives have abandoned all hope of making any further inroads into the Scottish vote. They are prepared to sacrifice any Scottish votes in their efforts to maximise the vote in their main constituency of England.
That’s why the Tories have an English Oak for their logo in England, a Welsh Oak in Wales and a Bonsai Tree for their logo in Scotland.
His mates are content to enjoy the hunting, shooting and fishing and being condescending to the locals. But that’s OK because Iain Dale’s party is concentrating on England’s green and pleasant land to source their votes, even though its tactics (as amplified on ID’s blog) belong on the grey and unpleasant wastes of the dodgiest of football terraces.
Next election, the Scottish Conservatives will do well to to rename their party HQ an embassy (that is if Tory mouthpieces had any idea of the meaning of diplomacy.)
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